Fabrication of implantable polyimide based neural implants with flexible regions to accommodate micromovement

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1221-1224

  Lee, K ^a   Singh, A ^b   Zhu, H ^a   Coryell, G ^a   Olson, B ^b   Kim, B ^a   Raupp, G ^a   He, J ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuits; Connectors; Electrodes; Fabrication; Implants; Polyimides; Polymers; Silicon; Skull; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BRAIN; CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); DENTAL PROSTHESES; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; MICROSYSTEMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SILICON; STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

BRAIN TISSUE; MEASURED IMPEDANCE; MICROMOVEMENT; NEURAL IMPLANTS; NEURAL SIGNALS; POLYIMIDE POLYMERS; SKULL; SPINE;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 33748802598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1216992     Document Type: Conference Paper

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